GameFroot

 For the past few weeks we have been using a site called GameFroot. We have been using it for making a game with Mrs Torrie, our cybersmart teacher. She taught us how to code our games, and to put in different obstacles and things to make the game interactive. I haven't finished my game, because I haven't been able to use my chromebook, so I've had to use a school one. 

My game has a weird thing where the controls don't work, even though I did the right coding, and when you click the up arrow on your controls the background goes flying away. I apologise for it not being finished, but I will blog the finished game when it is finished. It was tricky to try and fix the background bug, and in the end I couldn't figure it out, so I'm going to keep trying on that. Even though it was tricky, I still enjoyed working on it, so I will continue with it. 

Have you ever coded a video game before? Have you used GameFroot? Tell me in the comments! Here is a link to my game.

Student Led Conference Invitation

 For the past couple of days my class and I have been making invitations to our parents for our student led conference. We were learning how to write invitations with useful information. 

FIrst we had needed to claim a slide, because they were all on one big shared slideshow. We then had to put our name at the top, and then go onto this site called Avatar Maker and make an avatar of ourselves, and then put it on the slide. We had to make it small, and then put it in the corner. Then we had to get a textbox, and write what was on the paper that we got given from the teacher. We had to start it with Dear Mum and Dad, and end it with Love/From (Whatever your name is). We also got to decorate the slide, and put a love heart or something on it. 

I found it tricky to catch up to everyone, because I had been away when they started, but I got help from my friend Camille. It was super fun to decorate it, and I enjoyed choosing the colour for the background. Next time though I think I would change how I wrote it, because I would have put Love Leyla instead of From Leyla. Thanks for looking at my blog. 

Here is a screenshot of my slide:

June Student Reflection

 Today we did our June reflections, because tomorrow is the last day of June. We reflect on our learning so that we can remember if there is anything we are proud about, or if there is something for us to work on. We do these reflections at the end of the month, and the teacher gives us a different one each time. We have been learning to reflect. 

It was tricky to get people to go onto my google drawing, and do the Classmate Complement. I found it enjoyable to write about my reading, because I got to tell you about what we were reading. Next time I would change the maths section, because I out my times table multiple times on accident. Here is a picture of my June reflection.

Maths - Measurement

 For a couple of days we have been learning measurements. The teacher gave us a sheet of paper with different things we have to measure. We had to measure how tall we were without our shoes on, the length of our right foot without our shoe on, our arm span, the circumference of our wrist, the circumference of our neck, and our popliteal length, which is the length from the back of our knee to the back of our heel. 

I am 148.9 cm tall, my foot is 26.3 cm long, my arm span is 150.5 cm, my wrist is 15 cm, my neck is 29 cm, and my popliteal length is 39 cm. We had partners that we would measure these things for, and my partner was Camille. Here is a link to her blog. We had metre rulers and measuring tape to use, and we had chalk to mark where. 

I enjoyed finding out my measurements because I never knew them before. I found it tricky to measure Camille, because I had to reach across her to reach the next place. Luckily, we got another person to hold the measuring tape/ruler. Nobody in my class knew what a popliteal length was, until we did this activity. The teacher said that we could do it independently, without her because she had testing to do, and it took us two days.

We went out to the concrete when we had to measure our foot, and marked with the chalk on it. For the popliteal length, we sat on a chair while the other person measured with the measuring tape. For the arm span, we went up to a wall and spread our arms out, so we looked like a lowercase t. Then the other person would get the measuring tape and put the start to the tip of one middle finger, then roll it out until it reached the tip of the other. For the height, we stood against the wall again and had the other person use the metre ruler to measure it. 

Have you ever measured these things on you? Did you know what a popliteal length was before reading this? Tell me in the comments! Here is a picture of my sheet!

How do snakes open their jaws so wide?

 My class has been learning to write explanations. We had two groups, and one were learning to write a complex sentence, the other was aiming to include a diagram. A complex sentence is a small phrase where you put it in a larger sentence, but you can move it around. 

There were lots of choices for what we could write about, but I chose snakes. I chose to write about how snakes open their jaws wide enough to swallow their prey, but I shortened that to just how snakes open their jaws so wide. I was away when everyone else started, so I had to work even faster. I got help from Kylah, one of my friends, so here is a link to her blog. 

I enjoyed finding out the facts about how snakes are able to stretch their jaws, because I didn't know them before. I found it tricky to structure my writing, because I hadn't had time to finish my plan. Next time I would change my title, because it's a bit long. 

Did you know how snakes open their jaws wide before you read this? Did you know about their split jaw? Tell me in the comments below!

Here is my explanation writing:

How Do Snakes Open Their Jaws So Wide

Introduction

Snakes open their jaws so wide so that they can swallow their prey whole. This is how they do it:

Why do snakes swallow their food whole?

Snakes do not have the right teeth to chew their food, so they must swallow their catch whole. Their jaws are constructed to allow them to stretch their mouths that wide.

How do snakes open their mouths so wide?

In snakes, the lower jaw is not connected like in mammals. At the front there is a split, and it’s held together by a stretchy ligament. That makes it so it can stretch, making the mouth larger. 

Diagram

Theseus and the Minotaur

 For the past few weeks, my class has been learning to infer. When you infer you read between the lines. My group and I were reading Theseus and the Minotaur. We read about how he became king of Athens. After reading the story, we evaluated the story. We had a doc where the entire group put down their thoughts, so I'll put it down the bottom. We also had to either create our own labyrinth, or make a WANTED poster for the minotaur. I'll put that there too.

I enjoyed making the poster because I got to design the minotaur. I found it hard to write what I agreed with and what I disagreed with on the evaluation doc. Next time I would change how I made the minotaur. I got help from my friend Camille, because I was away when we started, so here is a link to her blog: Camille S

Have you ever read the story about Theseus and the minotaur? Have you ever created a wanted poster? Tell me in the comments!